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False Friends Flashcards

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Actual

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Effettivo, reale, vero e proprio

Mentre attuale: present, current

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Actually

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Realmente, a dire il vero

Mentre attualmente: at present, now

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To advert

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Riferisi a, menzionare

Mentre avvertire: to inform, to tell, to notify, to warn

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Agenda

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Ordine del giorno

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To allege

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Dichiarare, affermare

Mentre allegare: to enclose, to attach

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To apprehend

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Arrestare/comprendere

Mentre apprendere: to learn

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Argument

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Discussione, litigio

Mentre argomento: subject, topic

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To assist

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Aiutare

Mentre assistere a qualcosa: to attend, to see

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To avert

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Allontanare, evitare, distogliere

Mentre avvertire: to inform, to notify, to warn

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Billion

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Miliardo

mentre bilione: trillion

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Casualty

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Vittima, perdite, infortunio

Mentre casualità: chance, coincidence

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Caution

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Cautela/avvertimento, diffida

Mentre cauzione: security, bail

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Colloquium

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Riunione, seminario

Mentre colloquio: interview

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Commodity

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Prodotto, merce, articolo

Mentre comodità: comfort

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Comprehensive

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Esauriente, completo

Mentre comprensivo: understanding, sympathetic

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Concurrence

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Assenso/concorso/conflitto

Concurrence of jurisdiction: conflitto di Giurisdizione

Concurrence of charges: concorso di capi di imputazione

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Conference

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Convegno, congresso

Mentre conferenza: lecture

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Confidence

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Fiducia

Mentre confidenza: familiarity, intimacy

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Contest

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Concorso, competizione

Mentre contesto: context

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Convenience

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Utilità, vantaggio, comodità

Mentre convenienza economica: cheapness

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To demand

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Esigere, pretendere

Mentre domandare: to ask

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Depandant

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Persona carico

Mentre dipendente: employee

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Editor

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Redattore, curatore

Mentre editore: publisher

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Educated

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Istruito

Mentre educato: polite, well-behaved

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Egregious

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Enorme, spropositato

Mentre egregio: eminent, distinguished, dear

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Estate

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Proprietá, patrimonio

Mentre estate: summer

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To evade

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Evitare, sfuggire a

Mentre evadere: escape, run away

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Eventual

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Finale, conclusivo

Mentre eventuale: any, possible

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Eventually

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Alla fine, finalmente

Mentre eventualmente: in case, if necessary

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Execution of contract

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Sottoscrizione del contatto

Mentre esecuzione del contratto: performance of the contract

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Fabric

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Tessuto

Mentre fabbrica: factory

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Facilities

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Attrezzature, impianti, opportunità, mezzi

Mentre facilità: easiness, ease

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Factory

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Fabbrica

Mentre fattoria: farm

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Finally

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Alla fine

Mentre finalmente: at last

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Firm

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Azienda, società, studio

Mentre firma: signature

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Furniture

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Mobili, arredo

Mentre fornitura: supply

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Genteel

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Distinto, elegante

Mentre gentile: kind

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Graduate

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Laureato

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In fact

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In realtà

Mentre infatti: indeed

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Incident (if referred to a real property)

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Caso, evento, diritto accessorio

Mentre incidente: accident

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Inconsistent

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Illocigo, incorente

Mentre inconsistente: unfoundend, groundless

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Inconvenient

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Scomodo, fastidioso, inopportuno

(Mentre inconveniente: difficulty, obstacle, drawback)

(Sconveniente: unbecoming)

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Injury

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Ferita, lesione

Mentre ingiuria: insult, abuse

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Lecture

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Conferenza, lezione universitaria

Mentre lettura: reading

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Library

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Biblioteca

Mentre libreria: bookstore

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To license

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Concedere una licenza, autorizzare

Mentre licenziare: to fire, to lay off

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Litigation

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Contenzionso

Mentre litigio: quarrel, argument, fight

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Magazine

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Rivista

Mentre magazzino: warehouse, stocks

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Morose

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Culo, imbronciato

Mentre moroso: adj: in default, in arrears, nome: defaulter, overdue debtor

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Notice

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Avviso, annuncio

Mentre notizia: news, information

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To occur

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Accadere, succedere

Mentre occorrere: to need

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Patent

A

Brevetto

Mentre patente: driving license

53
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Petrol

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Benzina

Mentre petrolio: oil

54
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Possibly

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Forse, probabilmente

Mentre possibilmente: if possible

55
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To pretend

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Fingere

Mentre pretendere: to demand, to claim

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To prevaricate

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Agire in modo ambiguo, tergiversare

Mentre prevaricare: abuse one’s Office

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Process

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Procedura, atto di un procedimento

Mentre processo: trial

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Prospect

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Prospettiva, eventualità

Mentre prospetto: table, schedule, prospectus

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Rate

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Aliquota

Mentre rata: instalment

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Realty

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Beni immobili, proprietà fondiaria

Mentre realtà: reality

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Relevant

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Relativo, pertinente

Mentre rilevante: considerable, inportant

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To retain

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Conservare, mantenere, impegnare

Mentre ritenere: to consider, to deem

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Retribution

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Punizione/ricompensa

Mentre retribuzione: renuneration, Wage, salary

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Scarcely

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Appena, a mala pena

Mentre scarsemente: scantly, barely

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Scope

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Ambito, portata

Mentre scopo: aim, objective

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Sensible

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Ragionevole

Mentre sensibile: sensitive

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Sentence

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Condannare

Mentre sentenza: judgement, ruling, decision

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Society

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Societá (non commerciale)

Mentre società commerciale: company, firm

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Testimony

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Testimonianza, deposizione

Mentre testimone: witness

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Ultimately

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In fine, in definitive

Mentre ultimamente: recently, lately

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